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Oh yea, that's goning to be great because as soon as Tracy looses he will probably finish is RV-8 3-rotor before the following sun-n-fun. Then no-one will be able to beat him. I guess if I want to stand a chance of winning one I better get going on the TO4B pronto. :-)
Dave Leonard (Make that Express shipping on the manifold)
Greetings,
I talked to Clark at Performance Props today. I'm going to go ahead and
send my prop in for final finishing, since the engine is down anyway. I
reported that I'm currently getting 6000 rpm at 100 mph in climb, and 6800
rpm at WOT 8000 ft. I requested 6500 rpm in climb, which will make top RPM
about 7300 WOT at 8000. He's got to run the number, but the rough estimate
is that the prop will change from it's current 74"x88" form, to about
72"x82". He seemed very excited about what this will do for my
performance, in both climb and cruise. I told him I need a guarantee that it will beat Tracy :-) Seriously, I
told him that I was getting 2400-2500 fpm climb now, and wanted 3000 fpm. He
seemed pretty sure this change can get me there :-) Cheers,
Rusty (Tracy's going down)
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